Category: Startup Insider

Image credit: Hero Images | Getty Images I’ve always leaned towards the hustlers over the inherited. Meaning, scrappy entrepreneurs with drive and hutzpah are my passion and purpose. They don’t have Angel Investors, VC funding, or a trust fund to rely on. Every dollar they spend has to come back to them as more or…

Image credit: Rob Daly | Getty Images If you have bad credit, your financing options may be limited and expensive. Learn how to judge the status of your credit score, why it matters to your lender, and what you can do to fix it in the future. How do I know if my credit is…

Image credit: Facebook Virtual reality (VR) has been on everyone’s mind lately. It is easily one of the most anticipated technological breakthroughs of the last decade. Mark Zuckerberg has been talking up the concept for a long time. Facebook. Now that Facebook recently introduced the world to Spaces, it’s looking like the time is finally…

Image credit: kitzcorner | Getty Images Change isn’t comfortable — especially when it comes to industries steeped in tradition, such as accounting. Whether they welcome the innovation or loathe the disruption, accounting firms are forced to adjust as their previously static sector grapples with major change. Asian brokerage firm CLSA recently released a report detailing the future…

Image credit: Thomas Barwick | Getty Images The ongoing workplace difficulties at Uber — accusations of discrimination against women, rebellion among its employees and drivers against what they feel is a complete lack of appreciation for them — seem to surprise no one who worked there. Every story I read indicates that these issues (and…

Image credit: Georgijevic | Getty Images Has your business ever stalled out and simply stopped growing? It happened to me. Early on in my career as an entrepreneur, I couldn’t figure out why everything stalled. But lucky for me, I didn’t quit there. I kept working, changed my business, and now — having worked with…

Image credit: MICHAEL CAMPANELLA | WireImage | Getty Images Neil deGrasse Tyson has become the new face of science across the United States, taking up the mantle from the late astrophysicist Carl Sagan. He appears frequently on television to talk about science, as Sagan did. He hosted an updated version of the television series, “Cosmos,”…

Image credit: via Buffer What does it take to create incredible social media content? Knowing you have to create new content for multiple social media channels every day can feel a little daunting, especially when you consider the range of disciplines you need to rock at in order to be successful. Related: How to Make Your…

Image credit: Shutterstock What content do you use in marketing your firm? And what content should go in which place? Your company typically has seven layers of content marketing. In descending order of importance, they are: Reputation Website Email templates Social media Events Deck Virtual data room At HOF Capital, we try to manage these…

Image credit: Netflix Lies. Cheating. Stealing. All are heralded as the way to millions in the Netflix series Girlboss. Although the network peddles the story of Sophia Amoruso’s climb to the top as a comedy, it should be touted as a modern morality play about being a selfish jerk. Sure, it might sound exciting to boomers, Generation-Xers, millennials and Generation…